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He begins by telling about the decline of his aunt’s mental health, and his musings about death. He then recalls falling in love with his wife, Sybil, in high school. He felt a sense of wonder that someone as she could love someone like him. He then remembers their daughter, an awkward, unattractive girl. During her younger years, he recounts, they tried to excuse it, but as she grew older it was painfully clear that she would never be attractive to men. They tried to help her still, and her friend Jane set her up on a blind date with her cousin, Pete Dean. The man, once having arrived, took a single glance at his date and promptly left. Filled with despair, Hazel took a bus to Lochanhead, where she drowned herself. John and Sybil were not made aware until a police officer visited their house to inform